Another mad magazine subscription thing

I’m not a big fan of these now, but I was once. I remember when I was a kid that I’d get interested in certainly weekly magazines with bits of kit attached to the front – it could be lego or another type of construction kit. Buy enough magazines each week, put it all together and you get to create a toy or gadget.

However, now I’m all grown up I’m seeing it slightly differently. Take, for example The Art of Quilting magazine. Each week you get a patchwork block and make a quilt step-by-step. Here’s the advert for it..

The first issue, then, is 99p. However, after that it’s £3.99 every week. It might not seem like much, but you need each one so that you can make your complete quilt.

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See that? 90 magazines in total. The first one is 99p, then there’s 89 more magazines for £3.99. Add that up. It’s 89 x £3.99 = £355.11. Add on the 99p magazine and it’s £356.10.

£356.10?!

Just buy a bloody quilt !!!